DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2350Z June 18, 2024
SMOKE: Midwestern and Eastern United States/Great Lakes Region/Atlantic Seaboard... A large area of light density remnant smoke attributed to a combination of smoke from several various sources continue to be observed covering much of Midwestern and Eastern regions of the United States, including the Great lakes area and the Northern portion of the Atlantic Seaboard. As the evening progressed, cloud coverage obscured the Southern portion of the Atlantic Seaboard. Northern California... A plume of moderate to heavy localized density smoke, attributed to a wildfire located northwest of Sacramento was observed continuing its dispersal towards the South. A thick pocket of smoke was observed extending South into the Pacific Ocean. New Mexico/Missouri/Arkansas... Two fast growing wildfires located in a south-central New Mexico tribal reservation were observed emitting large plumes of moderate to heavy density smoke that were seen dispersing northeast in direction. Since the morning smoke report, a lite to moderate density plume of smoke was observed extending past the central region of Kansas and into western Missouri and Northwestern Arkansas. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Central-Southern Mexico/Gulf of Mexico/Yucatan Peninsula/Central America/Cuba/Hispaniola/Pacific Ocean... A large area of predominantly light to moderate smoke attributed to widespread seasonal fire activity throughout central-southern Mexico, Yucatan Peninsula, Central America and northern South America was observed today over southern Mexico, Cuba, Hispaniola, the Gulf of Mexico, Central America, and the Pacific Ocean off the southern coastline of Mexico, and east over the northern Caribbean Sea. Moderate smoke was visible over the Yucatan Peninsula and Central America. Aerosols from a composite of volcanic emissions and industrial sources in Mexico contributed to the expansive area of aerosol/smoke seen in these regions today. Cardona THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF SMOKE ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FIRES AND SMOKE WHICH HAS BECOME DETACHED FROM THE FIRES AND DRIFTED SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE SOURCE FIRE, TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE DAYS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ARE ALSO DESCRIBED. USERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VIEW A GRAPHIC DEPICTION OF THESE AND OTHER PLUMES WHICH ARE LESS EXTENSIVE AND STILL ATTACHED TO THE SOURCE FIRE IN VARIOUS GRAPHIC FORMATS ON OUR WEB SITE: JPEG map: https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/currenthms.jpg Smoke data: https://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/pub/FIRE/web/HMS/Smoke_Polygons Fire data: https://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/pub/FIRE/web/HMS/Fire_Points ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO: SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov